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Awn? in this world, for all the Smart & Pain wch He has Suffer'd on
my accts, & can only entreat Him that He wod: forgive the best
actions of my Life, & entirely obliterate the worst & greatest part,
for when I Reflect upon the whole, my poor heart Sincerly Sighs
Kyrie Eleison?
On his Birth Day Decr 16th 1753. He wrote ^the following.
My even dearest Lamb! my only Saviour & Redeemer, my heart adores
& worships thee in thy crucified form, and with a sinnerlike heart
implores thy Pardon & absolution for every thing in my whole life,
but particularly for every thing in the year past, thou know'st a
my God that it has been a year of Trial & Temptations to thy
\People i general & to my poor heart in particular. O forgive I pray
thee my dearest Lamb! O forgive all my unfaithfulness, all my unbelief,
all my disharmony wth my Brn & let every thing that is past be
Burned in they Wounds & Rem^embred no more, & help thy People thro'
all Difficulties in wch they are Involv'd to the Hanover of they Name
& gospel, & particularly I entreat thee O my dearest Savr to Bless & preserve
me in this my 33d year of any Life in wch I am now enter'd, & is the more
important to me, as it is the year of Life in wch thou didst finish the
work of our Eternal Redemption, & didst Seal my Salvation with thy
most precious blood; oh let it be an ever memorable year to my heart;
O my Lamb let it be the year in wch my whole Being shall be made
like unto thee, & wherein everything unlamblike shall be Interr'd
for ever; The year wherein I may Receive an everlasting Impression of
thy whole Martyr'd Body, that thy dear ameable wounded person may
become the object of all my wishes & desires, & if there shouldst permit
me also to finish my course this year, oh prepare my heart for the
enjoyment & possession of thyself, & Receive me as a porr Sinner into
thy bleeding arms; or if thou wouldst have me Stay still a little longer
here, O help me to act my part faithfully to thy Honour, & to the Joy